- Jun 11, 2012
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I am not a Sherwood fan by any means but I agree with what he said and didn't see anything spiteful in it. As is his style, it was brutally honest and the bit about Soldado being outperformed by Kane in training was insightful for me - must be difficult for any manager to play a guy who is constantly being shown up by an up and coming talent in full view of the other pros at the club.
Like most on here I would love this guy to be successful but I just don't think he has the mindset, toughness or strength to do the business in this league. Good technique, fancy flicks but you need a lot more in the prem as we saw with aguero who is an absolute monster of a player. Same with Paulinho who has been anonymous and was amongst the worst players for Brazil in the world cup. The reality is overall we bought poorly last summer and the quicker we accept it, cut our losses and bring in the right TYPE of player the better. I wonder how much due diligence we invest in understanding a player's level of desire, his attitude, resilience etc before bringing them in. We have too many that don't work anywhere near hard enough for the levels required.
Like most on here I would love this guy to be successful but I just don't think he has the mindset, toughness or strength to do the business in this league. Good technique, fancy flicks but you need a lot more in the prem as we saw with aguero who is an absolute monster of a player. Same with Paulinho who has been anonymous and was amongst the worst players for Brazil in the world cup. The reality is overall we bought poorly last summer and the quicker we accept it, cut our losses and bring in the right TYPE of player the better. I wonder how much due diligence we invest in understanding a player's level of desire, his attitude, resilience etc before bringing them in. We have too many that don't work anywhere near hard enough for the levels required.